Op 07-06-2007 om 14:48 schreef Matthew Johnson:
> On Wed May 23 16:58, Matthew Johnson wrote:
> > I have written a short script illustrating how it might work
> > (http://mjj29.matthew.ath.cx/partition) which reads a file of that name
> > and prints the commands that would be needed to do the setup.
> >
> > I'd like comments on this approach, I'm happy to write at least a basic
> > version of this, although I may need some help with all the debconf
> > magic.
> >
>
> After discussing this with fjp on IRC I have an improved version which I
> have been testing in the installer in qemu.
What I know from qemu, is that it can handle one single disk image.
Please tell more about your qemu setup. ( I think the 'qemu-img'
and the 'qemu' commands will do )
> script: http://mjj29.matthew.ath.cx/partition
> config: http://mjj29.matthew.ath.cx/custom-partition.txt
>
> I also have it packaged as a udeb with the script as the postinst, which
> preempts partman in the menu.
Is the source of the udeb also available?
> I've changed it so that it just reads the script in order, allowing the
> most flexible configuration possible.
>
> The things which I still need help on are:
>
> - when installing things with anna-install in the script it says
> "queueing for later"; but when I run anna-install from a shell it
> installs right away. Should I depend on everything which could
> possibly be needed (will this affect how it appears in the menu); or
> should I install the udebs as I need them, so that you don't
> download/install udebs you don't need?
My guess would be playing with the Menu-item number in the udeb.
> - I'm trying to test the partman dialog, but I'm finding it hard to
> test. What I want to do is . /lib/partman/definitions.sh and then be
> able to run open_dialog .... to test them. When I do this it prints
> execv: Not found (or similar) and then exits my shell...
>
> - Presumably there is a function to turn /dev/hda into
> /dev/ide/......../disc?
>
> - Are there udebs for creating dos/ntfs filesystems?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Matt
Cheers
Geert Stappers